TY - JOUR AU - Katayama, Toshiaki AU - Wilkinson, Mark D. AU - Aoki-Kinoshita, Kiyoko F. AU - Kawashima, Shuichi AU - Yamamoto, Yasunori AU - Yamaguchi, Atsuko AU - Okamoto, Shinobu AU - Kawano, Shin AU - Kim, Jin-Dong AU - Wang, Yue AU - Wu, Hongyan AU - Kano, Yoshinobu AU - Ono, Hiromasa AU - Bono, Hidemasa AU - Kocbek, Simon AU - Aerts, Jan AU - Akune, Yukie AU - Antezana, Erick AU - Arakawa, Kazuharu AU - Aranda, Bruno AU - Baran, Joachim AU - Bolleman, Jerven AU - Bonnal, Raoul JP AU - Buttigieg, Pier Luigi AU - Campbell, Matthew P. AU - Chen, Yi-an AU - Chiba, Hirokazu AU - Cock, Peter JA AU - Cohen, K. Bretonnel AU - Constantin, Alexandru AU - Duck, Geraint AU - Dumontier, Michel AU - Fujisawa, Takatomo AU - Fujiwara, Toyofumi AU - Goto, Naohisa AU - Hoehndorf, Robert AU - Igarashi, Yoshinobu AU - Itaya, Hidetoshi AU - Ito, Maori AU - Iwasaki, Wataru AU - Kalaš, Matúš AU - Katoda, Takeo AU - Kim, Taehong AU - Kokubu, Anna AU - Komiyama, Yusuke AU - Kotera, Masaaki AU - Laibe, Camille AU - Lapp, Hilmar AU - Lütteke, Thomas AU - Marshall, M. Scott AU - Mori, Takaaki AU - Mori, Hiroshi AU - Morita, Mizuki AU - Murakami, Katsuhiko AU - Nakao, Mitsuteru AU - Narimatsu, Hisashi AU - Nishide, Hiroyo AU - Nishimura, Yosuke AU - Nystrom-Persson, Johan AU - Ogishima, Soichi AU - Okamura, Yasunobu AU - Okuda, Shujiro AU - Oshita, Kazuki AU - Packer, Nicki H. AU - Prins, Pjotr AU - Ranzinger, Rene AU - Rocca-Serra, Philippe AU - Sansone, Susanna AU - Sawaki, Hiromichi AU - Shin, Sung-Ho AU - Splendiani, Andrea AU - Strozzi, Francesco AU - Tadaka, Shu AU - Toukach, Philip AU - Uchiyama, Ikuo AU - Umezaki, Masahito AU - Vos, Rutger AU - Whetzel, Patricia L. AU - Yamada, Issaku AU - Yamasaki, Chisato AU - Yamashita, Riu AU - York, William S. AU - Zmasek, Christian M. AU - Kawamoto, Shoko AU - Takagi, Toshihisa PY - 2014 DA - 2014/02/05 TI - BioHackathon series in 2011 and 2012: penetration of ontology and linked data in life science domains JO - Journal of Biomedical Semantics SP - 5 VL - 5 IS - 1 AB - The application of semantic technologies to the integration of biological data and the interoperability of bioinformatics analysis and visualization tools has been the common theme of a series of annual BioHackathons hosted in Japan for the past five years. Here we provide a review of the activities and outcomes from the BioHackathons held in 2011 in Kyoto and 2012 in Toyama. In order to efficiently implement semantic technologies in the life sciences, participants formed various sub-groups and worked on the following topics: Resource Description Framework (RDF) models for specific domains, text mining of the literature, ontology development, essential metadata for biological databases, platforms to enable efficient Semantic Web technology development and interoperability, and the development of applications for Semantic Web data. In this review, we briefly introduce the themes covered by these sub-groups. The observations made, conclusions drawn, and software development projects that emerged from these activities are discussed. SN - 2041-1480 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/2041-1480-5-5 DO - 10.1186/2041-1480-5-5 ID - Katayama2014 ER -